For the quarter, revenues were $1.96 billion, down 8.3% from last year, and falling short of the $2.11 billion forecast by analysts.

Despite the poor results, shares of Micron Technology rose more than 2% in Friday morning trading.

Company officials attributed the worse-than-expected results to diminishing demand for personal computers, for which the company manufacturers DRAM memory chips. Sales for its DRAM chips fell 9% compared to last year.

Personal computer sales have continued to slide as the machines face growing competition from mobile devices like smartphones and tablet computers, including Apple‘s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad and Amazon‘s (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire.

Falling demand for PCs continues, despite the approaching holiday shopping season and the release next month of Microsoft‘s (NASDAQ:MSFT) new Windows 8 operating system. The lack of any rise in PC demand prior to the Windows 8 release has provoked concern amongst technology sector analysts.